Hamilton-Madison House records
Scope and Content
Madison House records (1899-1953) include legal records, board and committee minutes, annual reports, financial records, and files related to summer camp, anniversaries, and public relations. Hamilton House records (1925-1953) consist of house reports, board minutes, financial records, art program and group work files, guest books, and a 1937 scrapbook honoring Lillian Wald. Hamilton-Madison House records (1954-1965) include reports and photographs. (The Madison House records, included in this collection, are also available on microfilm as SWF010, Madison House microfilm.)
Dates
- 1898-1965
Language of Materials
English
Use of Materials
Open for use in Social Welfare History Archives reading room.
Copyright
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Historical Note
Madison House, a predecessor of the Hamilton Madison House, was founded in 1898 as the Down Town Ethical Society by a group of university students assisted by Felix Adler's Society for Ethical Culture. In 1912 the name was changed to Madison House and it was incorporated under the laws of New York State. The purpose of the settlement, which was located on New York's lower East Side, was for "promoting of the moral, civic and social well being of the community by means of the usual settlement activities . . . ."
Hamilton House, another predecessor which also operated on the lower East Side, was established in December, 1901, by Pearl Underwood (Mrs. John H. Denison) to improve neighborhood conditions. It was incorporated in 1902 under the laws of New York State. In 1954 the two houses merged to become Hamilton-Madison House.
Extent
2 Linear Feet
Abstract
Madison House records (1899-1953) include legal records, board and committee minutes, annual reports, financial records, and files related to summer camp, anniversaries, and public relations. Madison House (established in 1898 as the Down-Town Ethical Society) and Hamilton House (established in 1901) were settlement houses located on New York City's Lower East Side. The two settlements merged in 1954 to form Hamilton-Madison House. Madison House records, 1899-1953, comprise legal records, board and committee minutes, annual reports, financial records, and files related summer camp, anniversaries, and public relations. Hamilton House records, 1925-1953, consist of house reports, board minutes, financial records, art program and group work files, guest books, and a 1937 scrapbook honoring Lillian Wald. Hamilton-Madison House records, 1954-1965, include reports and photographs.
Other Finding Aid
Unpublished inventory available. Please contact Archives for more information.
- Hamilton-Madison House (New York, N.Y.)
- Social settlements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- Sources Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Wald, Lillian D., 1867-1940
- Title
- Hamilton-Madison House records
- Date
- 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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